 Hi there! My name is Emily. Thank you for joining me today for some yoga. In today's yoga, I'd like to talk about the chakras. The chakras are seven energy points that extend through the body, from the base of the spine to the crown of the head. Now, each chakra has a color representation, a characteristic, and some certain sounds that you can use to connect with them. Now, the first chakra is located at the bottom of the spine. The color is red. It's the root chakra and it represents security or safety. The second chakra is just below the navel. It's called the sacrum or navel chakra. It's orange and it represents passions, creativity. The third chakra is just below the solar plexus. So it's called the solar plexus chakra. The color is yellow and it represents willpower and self-esteem. The fourth chakra is the green chakra and the heart chakra. And it represents self-love, love of others and relationships. The fifth chakra is blue. It's the throat chakra and it represents communication. The sixth chakra is the third eye. It's purple and it represents intuitiveness and foresight. The sixth chakra, the seventh chakra is the crown chakra. And this is the connection to the divinity or the greater consciousness. Now, each chakra also has a seed sound. It's a one-syllable sound that if you chant, you can connect to the vibrations of the chakra. Now, when you run through the seed sounds, you may find greater energy or balance between the energies or if you're focusing the seed sounds on the energies, you may also find that there's a block. And in that case, you can shower that area with more love, do some chanting with that particular seed sound to try to release that energy and get it flowing through the body because the goal is to bring the energy up. So let's get started with some of our chanting. So I'll show you the seed sounds. We'll do a chant with each chakra using the seed sounds and then we'll stop right there. So let's come into a comfortable seated position. If you're sitting in a chair, just make sure that the soles of your feet are grounded on the floor. Let's roll our shoulders back, shoulder blades sliding down our spine and we're going to imagine there's a string extending from the crown of our head to the sky. Drop the chin slightly, feeling nice and relaxed. Palms of the head can rest on the knees. So starting with the seed sounds. The seed sound for the root chakra is lam. For the sacral chakra, vam. Lam. Yam. Ham. Om. And all deep breath through our nose, exhaling through the mouth. We'll inhale and start chanting for the root chakra and then continue until we're finished at the very end. Lam. Lam. Lam. Lam. Lam. Now I hope through that exercise you felt a little more energized or perhaps you could identify a spot where there may be a block of energy and so focusing on that spot and using the seed sound hopefully you can get that energy flowing so that the energy moves smoothly through the body. May you walk with peace, joy and grace.